The Kansas City Star from Kansas City, Missouri • 34

WWWKANSAsdtYc6rt THE KANSAS CITY STAR Go to KansasCitycom for Gary latest forecast TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY SAVE 20 Variable clouds and a bit warmer Rain possible with a few thunderstorms Mostly doudy with chance of showers Achanceofsome Gngejing showers Gustav moisture headsourway SEPTEMBER DATA AND KANSAS Vocto TCdlClUay joJahnenCaEiiultwAiqM hi io 69 pC (FShwhelb LV' Downtown 88 68 Record X20oo50ci7) Johnson County 86 66 YlsaragO 86 60 Kansas Gty lntt 88 66 Normal 84 62 DT jo NO 9268 pc 93 66 pc 93 64 pc-89 61 69 pc 91 KQ MISSOURI 65 pc 69 pc 69 pc 69 pc 70 pc 91 90 92 91 92 1 4aitv'-: 6 am Sam 10 am' Noon 'Hi to Sky KANSAS 92 70 pc Chanute 92 69 pc Concordia -90 67 pc' Dodge City 88 68 pc City 90 68 s' Goodland 92 70 pc Hutchinson 87 68 pc Liberal 89 69 pc Manhattan' 91 69 pc Salina 90 68 pc -Topeka St Louis 91 72 pc Wichita 67 ca C7 7 SB 73 ao 67 67 67 66 76 2 2 pm IS 4pm 67 16 66 6 pm V- 64 65 8 pml MOD 10 pm 77 75 76 Mdnt 74 72 73 Precipitation 'Seattle 6750 KO24hnto6pm 0j00 A 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Southeast and portions of the southern Plains as well Today Toes City HIVSky HlSky Albuquaique BQ62A 836Vi awvhc avsat 59471- 6Q8afc 84XVt ManHcOty 8759 91646 98731 98Mfc' wm 9253 857Vk 64Mtfi 664Cpc 7442Ax MtSfC B3B3X- amt i Kxy7ss 06m BuigtoAVL 8258 6ms CHPW 694QWr 84MA 8J73S Chariartoa Wife 8961k 9V6QV 8G52ASC 8663A Chqm 78(841 6541 CNcago' 8 655s 8966s CMaaaH ymli -9I63A OmM 8662i WVs CokirfakSjC 93m 8854 CakmwONo 8962A 9252A GdnmKH 83SVs 8358 aemtx 32m 8454A 7852sc ae69te 83591 WeatherWordsl ON AREA TRACKS Harvey gets first win at Lakeside By COt-E YOUNG The Kansas City Star Larry Harvey won his first modified feature of the year Friday night at Lakeside Speed- way but had three tough chal- lenges before reaching the finishline The first of three on-track battles Came with reigning track champion Johnny Allen After Harvey of Kansas City Kan jumped to 8 quick lead Allen made a push eventually getting around Har- vcy Bad luck struck for Allen though as his engine foiled ending his night Things got no easier for Harvey John Jc made a run hut he could never make it past The leader as Harvey matched him move for move final test would be his biggest After a restart Tom Charles came from the fourth row to work his way into sec- ond On the final lap Charles took the high lane trying to scrape past Harvey: Like he had all night though Harvey held on winning his first feature of-the season by inches Other winners on Friday night included Nic Bidinger of Perry Kan in the Grand Nationals Division and Tun Shields of Kansas City in the factory stock division I BONEY WINS AT CMS All Dustin Boney had to do was fmd some lap traffic Once Boney of Leavenworth Kao found the traffic he was able to head to the outside while the restofthe lead pack was caught inside The move Boney made on lap 14 gave him enough breath- ing room to hold on for foe vie- tory of the 40-lap modified fea--' ture at Central Missouri Speed-way on Saturday Jake Ridiaids was second Mike Ryun of Kansas City won the late model division while Brett Rollert finished secoiuL Nic Bertnet of Oak Grove held off Kevin Peridns to win the street stock division Bryan Montgomery of Oak Grove won the B-Modifieds Continental 100 23 You oiighta be in pictures iiwrtaejerraMitiimiara 5trianiBernniiaNiTiKiiiiasafnimiiaiowaiMinMiiifMan i THEfkSTAR v-v KansasCitycom www Chevy USA comBwvw ChevyUSA com The Associated Press A penalty hurt Hello Castro-: neves and helped rookie Justin Wilson Wilson raced to his first In-: dyCar Series victory- edging Castroneves in die Detroit Indy Grand PrhL Castroneves led for the ma-jority of the road race on the Belle foie course but was penalized for blocking Wilson and was forced by rule to relinquish the lead with fewer than 20 laps to go Series points leader Scott Dixon finished fifth That result coupled with Road course the track at the same time making for large fields and tricky racing The cars are driven by teams of two or more The marquee event is the Rolex 24 at Daytona one of i the most prestigious sports-car races in die world The race lasts 24 hours and features the world's top sports-car drivers' blended in recent years with 1 NASCAR drivers like Jimmie Johnson and Tony Stewart The series featured 14 other races this yean Those were held at daces like Infineon in California Watkins Glen International in New Ymk Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Canada and the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course "This would just add to our' portfolio -of events" Kansas Speedway presklent Jeff Boerger said "It will bring mme fons and a higher level of competitioa This is the pre-inier road-radng series in the Boerger said a Grand-Am note likely would be partnered with a companion event at the -speedway with the IndyCar series like they do in he said believe ffiere is 8'- demand for (big-time sports car racing) here we believe there is a need for something JDOEHEiB EM0OM0MEB DARRELL INGHAM 1 GETTY IMAGES Scott Dixon fed at tho start of tha Detroit Indy Grand -Prlx but finished fifth CASINO: from a The Kansas Speedway group which is headed by International Speedway Coqv the parent company would put ns casino on the outside of turn two of the tract The casino would a i Hard Rock Hotel and Casino which would be built and operated by the Cordish Company During the speedway presentation to the board on Aug 13 -ISC president Lesa France Kennedy said if awarded casino-building rights sire would petition NASCAR to bring a second yearly Sprint-: Cup race to the tract France Kennedy is also a member of the NASCAR board of directors NASCAR chairman and chief executive officer Brian France told The Star he be-lieved that Kansas Speedway was capable of successfully holding a second Cup race and that this area of die country is underserved by the series Since then ISC has commit- fed to building an infield road course for use by a professional racing series and private auto chibs if the speedway group is awarded the casino Grand-Am is one' of the top sports-car racing series in: North America Cars in these-1 ries range from exotic Le Mans-like prototypes to grand touring care They all take to' I mm 3.